The evidence for evolution is too widespread and numerous to be properly covered here. Some key lines of evidence include: 1. * A nested hierarchy of biological characteristics. The theory of evolution predicts that the properties of different species will not be spread randomly or uniformly across the biodiversity landscape. Instead, a particular pattern - called nested hierarchy - should be maintained. There are several layers of biological properties - anatomical, biochemical, genetic, gene regulation networks, pseudo- and epigenetic, and more. All these separate lines of data, all obtained from currently living lifeforms, should confirm the same nested hierarchy. This is indeed the case. 2. * The fossil record should match patterns predicted by evolution. It should demonstrate